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portend
verb
1 portend
Indicate, as with a sign or an omen.
synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate ... show more.
Roget 511:
predict,
prognosticate,
prophesy,
vaticinate,
divine,
foretell,
soothsay,
augurate†,
tell fortunes;
cast a horoscope,
cast a nativity;
advise;
forewarn
etc.
668.
presage,
augur,
bode;
abode,
forebode;
foretoken,
betoken;
prefigure,
preshow†;
portend;
foreshow†,
foreshadow;
shadow forth,
typify,
pretypify†,
ominate†,
signify,
point to.
usher in,
herald,
premise,
announce;
lower.
hold out expectation,
raise expectation,
excite expectation,
excite hope;
bid fair,
promise,
lead one to expect;
be the precursor
etc.
64.
[predict by mathematical or statistical means from past experience]
extrapolate,
project.
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Dutch: voorbeduiden, beduiden, aankondigen, voorspellen, waarzeggen, wichelen
Moby thesaurus: adumbrate, apprehend, augur, betoken, bode, call, croak, forebode, forecast, foreshadow, foreshow, foretoken, forewarn, give advance notice, have a premonition, have a presentiment, look black, lower, menace, omen, preapprehend, precaution, predict, premonish, prenotify, presage, prewarn, prognosticate, promise, prophesy, tell in advance, threaten, vaticinate, warn ... show more.
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